2016 Georgia State University Summer Institute

ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 1

2016 Georgia State University Summer Institute July 6TH to July 26th, 2016

ART/AH 4980 SPECIAL PROBLEM: CULTURE INSTITUTIONS AND MSUEUM STUDIES (Tentative)

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 2:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. / Langdale Hall 617

Kevin Hsieh, Ph.D. Associate Professor Office: 527A, Arts and Humanities Building Office Hours: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. on Monday, email, or by appointment Office Phone: 404-413-5268 E-Mail: [email protected]

Course Description: This is a course combining instructor’s brief lectures, discussions of related readings, field trips, and student-led presentation seminars. It enables students to learn about ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 2

professional and vocational opportunities and to prepare both for a career in informal educational organizations, in museums or other cultural institutions, and for conducting research in museum field. Students will be introduced to a variety of administrative, learning, and teaching theory within museum contexts. The course explores educational theory and practice in these settings through reading, presentations by the participants, discussion, and personal field trips. This class is designed for undergraduate and graduate students.

Objectives: In taking the course, students will: - become familiar with museums and other institutions in which cultural programs are developed, executed, and presented, - understand and be able to discuss key issues in museum education today, - understand and be able to apply the contextual model for free-choice, informal learning, and other theories of learning to these settings, - understand the nature and role of research and evaluation in museum education, - be able to evaluate education in a museum or other cultural setting, - become familiar with and be able to use key publications and online resources for museum education, - be able to relate the structure and functions of an education department to the museum or other cultural institution as a whole, - be able to identify additional knowledge and skills that strengthen the institutional role of education, - become familiar with professional standards, and - be able to conduct independent research within cultural institution setting.

Course Readings: 1. Required textbook: Rosewall, E. (2014). Arts Management: Uniting arts and audiences in the 21st century. Oxford University Press. Falk, J. H., & Dierking, L. D. (2000). Learning from museums, Visitor experiences and the making of meaning. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira. 2. Required journal articles and chapters from books: Students will be expected to finish the required reading(s) and assignment(s) before the class meeting time and be prepared to discuss the required readings and assignments. All initial readings are all posted digitally online in GSU’s Desire to Learn (D2L) in the beginning of the semester, extra or additional readings will be on reserve in the library or emailed to students by the instructor at least one week in advance.

Requirement During the Class: 1. All assignments should be turned in at the end of the class after class discussion. Late assignment will not be accepted and graded. 2. Students might need to visit some museums or cultural institutions for the class assignments or personal projects. Students will be responsible for the museum admission for the visits. ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 3

3. All written assignments should follow APA style, 6th Edition, typed, double-spaced, showing your name and page number in the header for the in-text citations, and paper will need to be stabled. After the third week of the class, the mistakes of using APA style citation might reduce student’s grade.

Assignments: Extensions on assignment or project will be given only in case of emergency or illness with proper documentation, such as doctor’s note and advanced notice. For University-approved curricular and extracurricular activities, please notify the instructor well in advanced of due dates.

The final grade will be based upon: Assignment Percentage 1. Attendance and class participation (discussion) 30% 2. Two field trips reports 600 words each (2 x 15% = 30%) 30% 3. One paper of examining museums through technology and 10% educational perspectives 4. Final project: Museum collection project 20% 5. Presentation of case study 10% P.S. See below for details

1. Attendance and Class Participations including discussion (30%): Attendance of the class is required. Participating in the class and discussion of assigned readings will be counted toward the final grade. Students are encouraged to participate in the class discussion and to properly express their opinions. Attendance at the every class is mandatory and role is taken at the beginning of the class section for grading. If you are enrolled in the class and do not attend the first two class meetings, you will be asked to drop the class. Classes begin at the stated times and lateness is unacceptable. Leaving early or arriving late is counted as a half absence. If you come to class late, it is your responsibility to notify instructor after class that you were late, not absent, and to request a change in the attendance record from absent to late. If you fail to do this, be aware that your attendance record remains as an absence. Your final grade will be reduced by two points (2% of the final grade) for each and every absence after the second absence. There are no “excused” absences. It would be wise to save your 2 allowable absences in anticipation of emergencies with proper documentation. You will be held responsibility for the material covered in the missed class and must consult with your fellow students to receive all instruction and information covered in the class.

2. Two field trip reports (15% each, 30% total): Students will select two cultural institutes located in the United States based on students’ personal interests during the assigned field trip dates, July 8th, 15th, and 22th. Write a 600 words report for each institute where you visited. The reports should be a critical response and should NOT be a journal style. “Terracotta exhibition and its application on art education” and/or “ Looking at the Museum of Modern Art through an educational perspectives,” for example. ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 4

3. One paper of examining museums through technology and educational perspectives (10%): Students will pick one cultural institution and conduct in-depth research about museum exhibitions through instructional technology perspectives. This museum could be the one of the museums that you visited for your field trip reports. You might ask the following questions for constructing your paper:

a. What technology does museum use to enhance visitors’ experiences? b. Why does museum utilize technology in the exhibitions? c. In what ways that museum visitors pay attentions to or use technologies? d. What evidences can suggest question a. and b. listed above?

4. Final project: Museum Collection Project (20%): Students will select one particular object based on students’ personal interests for this project, such as a paper umbrella, a toy from old time, or a letter from 20s. Remember, the purpose of this project is for student to learn about the processes of how museum collect, catalog, and document the collected object. So, students are free to make up the stories about the object, and the object can be from the current days and not from 18th century. Instructor will show the example to you during the class.

5. Presentation of final project (10%): Students will be given 5 to 10 minutes to present their own museum collection project in the last class meeting (July 27, 2015).

Grading Policy:

101-105 A+ 80-82 B- 93-100 A 77-79 C+ 90-92 A- 70-76 C 87-89 B+ 60-69 D 83-86 B 0-59 F

I encourage you to email me or other class participants through GSU’s webmail system as an easy way to get quick response. To access the listed readings, please login to D2L and download the files. Class participants are strongly encouraged to check email everyday. Please check your email before the class, such as before 12:00 in the morning. ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 5

Class Calendar and Assignment

Date Topic of the Class Reading Assignment Note 01 07/06 * Syllabus. * 自行上網下載 * Download Readings form 課程大綱與文章， BrightSpace (online) and how to 閱讀課程大綱。 submit assignments to drop box. 02 07/07 * Class Introduction. 03 07/08 * Personal group field trip I. * 亞特蘭大博物 Center for 館探索（自由選 Civil and 擇），不用至教 Human 室。 Rights 04 07/11 * History of museum and the 1. McClellan, A. (2003). visitor. A brief history of the art museum public. In A. McClellan (Ed.), Art and it publics: Museum studies at the millennium (pp.1-49).

05 07/12 * Mission, vision, core values, 1. Falk and Dierking strategic plan, structure of (2000). Learning from Museums and other cultural museum: Visitor institutions. History of museums experiences and the and their public. making of meaning. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. 1-15.

06 07/13 * Current practice: Educational 隨後公布閱讀文章 programs and materials in museums and other cultural institutions.

07 07/14 * Development and qualification 1. Ebitz, D. (2005). of museum education. Qualifications and the Goals and standards for the public professional preparation dimension of museums and other and the development of cultural institutions. art museum educators. Studies in Art Education, 46 (2), 150-169. 08 07/15 * Personal group field trip II. * 亞特蘭大博物 College 館探索（自由選 Football Hall 擇），不用至教 of Fame 室。 09 07/18 * Overview of theories for 1. Ebitz, D. (2008 in museum education. press). Sufficient ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 6

foundation: Theory in the practice of art museum education. Visual Arts Research, 34(2). 10 07/19 * Digital technology and museum 隨後公布閱讀文章 experience. 11 07/20 * Museum and visitors with 隨後公布閱讀文章 special needs. 12 07/21 * Evaluation at the museum 隨後公布閱讀文章 settings. * The future of museums: directions and technologies. 13 07/22 * Personal group field trip III. * 亞特蘭大博物 Fernbank 館探索（自由選 Museum or 擇），不用至教 World of 室。 Coca Cola 14 07/25 * Final project presentation. * 上台演示期末 * Feel free to bring food and soft 作業。 drink to the class. 15 07/26 * Deadline to submit final * 請自行將期末 project. 報告上傳至課程網頁。 * 不用至教室上課。

P.S. This is a tentative course schedule. Professor reserves the right to modify the class and change syllabus based on class and students’ needs.

Academic Integrity: University Policies and Rules Guidelines state that academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Georgia State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to acts such as cheating on exams or assignments; plagiarizing the words or ideas of another; fabricating information or citations; facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others; claiming authorship of work done by another person; submitting work ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 7 completed in previous classes; and/or submitting the same work to multiple classes in which a student is enrolled simultaneously.Plagiarism is the use of more than three consecutive words, ideas, or images of another author without proper citation. Proper citation formats must follow one of the academic writing style manuals such as APA, Chicago, MLA, or Turabian. All images and text from the Internet, journals, or books must have full citation to be used in your work. Students charged with a breach of academic integrity will receive due process and, if the charge is found valid, academic sanctions may range, depending on the severity of the offense, from F for the assignment to F for the course.

Disability Statement: Students who wish to request accommodation for a disability may do so by registering with the Office of Disability Services of a signed Accommodation Plan and are responsible for providing a copy of that plan to instructors of all classes in which an accommodation is sought.

Georgia State University Student Code of Conduct Definition: Disruptive student behavior is student behavior in a classroom or other learning environment (to include both on and off-campus locations), which disrupts the educational process. Disruptive class* behavior for this purpose is defined by the instructor. Such behavior includes, but is not limited to, verbal or physical threats, repeated obscenities, unreasonable interference with class discussion, making/receiving personal phone calls, text messages or pages during class, excessive tardiness, leaving and entering class frequently in the absence of notice to instructor of illness or other extenuating circumstances, and persisting in disruptive personal conversations with other class members. For purposes of this policy, it may also be considered disruptive behavior for a student to exhibit threatening, intimidating, or other inappropriate behavior toward the instructor or classmates outside of class.

Preamble: When disruptive behavior occurs in the class, the instructor shall make reasonable effort to address the disruption with the student, preferably in private. Georgia State encourages members of the University community to try to resolve problems informally whenever possible. Toward that end, the instructor and student may consult with the Office of the Ombudsperson, the Dean of Students Office, or other University offices to discuss ways to resolve the situation informally at any time during the process set forth in this policy. Should the instructor elect to withdraw the disruptive student, the following procedures should be followed. Individual college or academic units may have supplementary procedures to deal with disruptive student behavior so long as those procedures are consistent with this policy. Where this policy conflicts with the Student Code of Conduct, this policy will prevail with respect to disruptive behavior in the academic setting. For the full statement, please go to http://bit.ly/pdFrNW or www2.gsu.edu/~wwwdos/wordFilesEtc/A_Disruptive%20student%20Conduct%20in%20the %20Classroom%20or%20Other%20Learning%20Environment.pdf

Security Statement: Georgia State University and the Welch School of Art have installed punch code locks to make our buildings safer for students and faculty. You should treat any lab or studio under card lock as a secure space. As such, GSU and the Welch School ask that you abide by the following guidelines to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone: 1. ALWAYS have your GSU ID card with you when on campus. ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 8

2. NEVER allow anyone to use your card. If a student or member of the staff or faculty is authorized to be in the area, their cards will give them access. If anyone asks you for your card, report the incident to campus police. 3. ALWAYS report suspicious people or activity to the faculty or graduate student in charge of the studio or lab. If, for any reason, there is no faculty or graduate student supervision, report suspicious people or activity to campus police. The number is 404-413-2100. 4. NEVER try to enter a studio or lab by “piggybacking” on someone else. For example: if someone is entering the lab or studio before you, do not try to get through the door while it is open. Wait for the door to close and then punch in again to gain entry. Similarly, do not allow someone else to come through with you. It can be tempting to hold the door open for someone whose hands are full with equipment, etc. This practice, however, is NOT SECURE and can put everyone at risk. Wanting to help is good, but be smart about it. If you want to help a classmate or friend who is carrying a lot of equipment you can, 1) gain entry to the lab or studio by yourself, 2) wait on the other side of the door for the other person to enter, and 3) help the person with her/his equipment.

These procedures are a course requirement and the consequences for violating them range from penalties to your course grade to expulsion from the class. Security is everyone’s concern. GSU and the Welch School of Art and Design thank you in advance for your cooperation. ART/AH 4980 Summer 2016 9

Classes Passes

There are 2 different passes for your allowable absences, please fill out the proper one and turn it in to the instructor next time when you come to the class after your actual date of absence. You will need to email the instructor at least a day before your absence and turn the pass in after your absence. The allowable absences will be counted without grades dropped only when those students who follow the proper procedures (both email and hardcopy pass).

PASS A: Family Emergency

Student’s Name Date of Absence: MM/DD/YYYY

Student ID# Description of your absence

Student’s Signature Instructor’s Signature

PASS B: Unpredictable Health Issue

Student’s Name Date of Absence: MM/DD/YYYY

Student ID# Description of your absence

Student’s Signature Instructor’s Signature